Conopholis alpina, known as the alpine cancer-root, is an achlorophyllous (lacking chlorophyll), root parasitic plant (holoparasite).
| Conopholis alpina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Conopholis |
| Species: | C. alpina
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| Binomial name | |
| Conopholis alpina Liebm.
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It is native to Northern Mexico, and to the Southwestern United States in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Texas.[1]
- Varieties
- Conopholis alpina var. mexicana — Mexican cancer-root.[2]
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